On 29/03/2012, at 3:39 AM, Steven Clarke wrote:
> On the factory design pattern, that has been studied also. This will likely
> make you even more terrified of using software built by other software
> engineers J,
I boggle at calling these people software engineers.
They appear to be, at best
I'm very aware that there is a lack of respect and understanding of these
different programming styles. That doesn't mean we should cast out these
programmers. My colleagues and I spend a lot of time observing professional
programmers. And many of those programmers exhibit the opportunistic
wo
Steven,
Given that many programmers have been trained to believe that opportunism
is bad, it is also likely that observation of programming evokes
non-opportunism. For example, in Rosson and Carroll's "Reuse of Uses"
paper, the subjects exhibited opportunism with respect to using an API, but
refle
John,
Given that many programmers have been trained to believe that opportunism
is bad, it is also likely that observation of programming evokes
Are many programmers taught anything and if they are does it go in
one ear and out the other?
I think most developers pick up a rag bag of habits th
